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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does George Strader decide to do in Chapter 2?
(a) Return to civilization.
(b) Get revenge against the Indians.
(c) Join the Indians.
(d) Join the British.

2. Why does Bill Grills leave the frontier?
(a) Because he is getting older.
(b) Because he wants to live in comfort.
(c) Because he dislikes Indians.
(d) Because he sees what the militia army does to an Indian delegation.

3. What happens to John Wood in Chapter 2?
(a) He falls off a cliff.
(b) He is bitten by a spider.
(c) He is bitten by a dog.
(d) He is bitten by a copperhead snake.

4. What job was Simon expected to do because it was what his father did?
(a) Soldier.
(b) Sharecropper.
(c) Merchant.
(d) Hunter.

5. Who is Ellen Cummings?
(a) Simon's mother.
(b) Simon's aunt.
(c) Simon's childhood sweetheart.
(d) Someone Simon meets on the road.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Indian hostilities start in Chapter 2?

2. What role do Simon and Girty play in the peace in Chapter 2?

3. Whom does Simon fight before running away?

4. What name does Simon change his name to, in order to con some food and clothes from a neighbor?

5. Who is the protagonist of the novel?

(see the answer key)

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